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C-LSTOOK. DEVICE FOR SEPARATING LIQUIDS FROM NATURAL GAS.

No. 447,848. Patented'Mar! 10, 1891.

Nrrsn STATES PATENT Fries,

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DEVICE FOR SEPARATING', LiQu iDs 'FRoiM- NAT-u RAL GAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. aces te med Marclii'j;1e91, Application filed June so, 1890, "set-ant. 301,300. nib again Toall whom it may concern:

,and provided with an opeiiei'id to permit; the Be it known that 1,CHARLES L. STOCK, a tree escape of the water or.o i l into any propercitizen of the 'UnitedStates, residing at "lros; ircservoi' r. ,Thefloat G rests loosely upon the toi ia, intlie county of Senecaand"St-ate of. liquid iii the holdeliaa-t all times, and it is 5 Ohio,have invented certain new'and useful. provided with a dependingiinperforate tube- Improvements in Devices forSepai-attng Liq: or sleeveJ on its bottom, which fits snugly uids from Natural Gas; and do declarethe over theciid ofthe escape-pipe, and thereby following to be atull,clear, and exact descrip prevents the escape of the gas, while itpertion of the ii v entiom'snchas w Llenable othmits the escape ottheliquids. to ers skilled in the art to which it appe'rtaiiis Theoigeratimipt my device is thought to to make and use the same,reterencebeing had be obvious: The gas passes from the well to theaccompanying drawings, and to the'letwith the water 'or-oil, and theliquid-will ters of reference marked thereon, which form enter thewater-discharge pipe under the force a part of this specification. ofgravity, while the dry gas will pass on to [5 My invent-ionaiins toprovide a very simple the mains. As the liquid accumulates in the andefiicient device by the use of which liqwater and oil discharge pipe itwill flow into nids will be automatically separated from gas the holder,and the pressure of the gas, added as it passes from the well to themain and it to then-atural How of the liquid,'will force the consists incertain novel features hereinafter liquid through the escage-pipeflhusrelieving setforth. the holder and the discharge-pipe, so that the Inthe accompanying drawings, which fully uninterrupted tlow of dry gasinto the mains illustrate my invention, Figure 1 is a side will beprovided and all theliqu'ids positively elevation of my improved device,aiid Fig. 2 removed from the gas. As soon the liquid is an end view witha part in section. descends in the holder the float will fall and Incarrying out my invention I preferably the depending tube will cover theend of the einploya reservoir A, which is buried in the escape-pipe. soas to prevent the escape of the ground, and into which the gas andliquids gas. t

are discharged from the supply-pipe'B, lead- It will be observed that mydevice-ls ening from the well. An outlet-pipe C leads tlrely automaticin its operation, and its adfrom the reservoir to convey the dry gas tovantages are thought to be obvious.

the nains,-and a discharge-pipe D leads downllaving thus described myinvention, what ward from the reservoir to the blow-off to I claim, anddesire to secure-by Letters Patent, carry the liquids thereto. It willbe underisstood, however, shat this arrangen'ient is not 1.The-combination ot' tlieholder, the liquidan essential feature of mydevice, as it would discharge pipe entering the bottom of the be withinthe scope of my invention. to dissame, the GSC11)G-1)1PG extendingupward pense with the reservoir and employ instead within the holder andpassing through the a vertical pipe running directly from the gasbottomof the same, and the tioat httcd within supply pipe to the blow-off orseparator. the holder and provided with a depending 40 The blow-oft Econsists of a tank or holder tube on its bottom fitting over the escape-F, a float G therein, and an escape-pipe ll pipe, as set forth. leadingtherefrom. The water or oil dis- The combination of the holder, theliquidcharge pipe I) enters the holder F through discharge pipe enteringthe bottom of the the bottom of the same, and its end is formedholdenand having a toraininous end, thc es- 43 into a foraininous nozzleI, so as to prevent cape-pipe leading iIT OlD the holder and having theliquid from being forced into the holder its end prov ded with suitableopenings, the in a solid stream and thereby injuring any iloat fittedill the holder, and the tube doof the parts of the device. Theescape-pipe pending from the lloat and fitting over the ll also passesthrough the bottom of the end ot the escape-tape, as set toi-th. 5oholder, and its end is carried upward a short In testimony whereot laffix inysigi'iaturo in distance into the same and is slotted orperpresence of two witnesses.-

u forated, as clearlyshown. The escape-pipe v. CllARLLs' L, sloth. iscarried a shortdistance to one side of the lllli:5=?' o,:; holder. andis then carried vertically upward l). .U. llna'r'rr,

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